PIFM - Chat/Banter Review Your July Read

[Janet , Moderator]

Welcome.... it should say! ☺️

[Vicki Willis]

Well, my pick for July is The Sun Is Also a Star. I am excited because I really loved Everything, Everything.
The bad news is that I haven't started my June read yet because I am only half way through my May read.
It is The Sisters Who Would Be Queen and it is so boring and dry. I might have to put it aside. It is really preventing me from reading. I hate not finishing a book, but I really don't like it at all. I thought it would be more intersting.

[Janet , Moderator]

It's awful when a book is boring 💤 or when it takes an age to read. Sometimes you just have to throw in the towel!

[Perri]

Agree with Janet, too many good books waiting!

[Amy]

I'm just finishing my May read too, Vicki! How about you Mandy...did you get all caught up?

If anyone else feels like voting for my July read, I'd be ever grateful! :-))) lol but I know we are on to August now too Hahahah Thank you, Janet! You're on the ball for sure!

[Amy]

I just saw a couple more voted! THANK YOU, friends!

[Kirsten]

I voted for you yesterday for July, yesterday, Amy.

[Sophie]

Ooooh I'm going to start compiling my Aug list soon! Looks like my July winner is The Dry (if I can get hold of a copy as it seems to be very popular in all of my local libraries).

Amy- Six of Crows is brilliant. Think Ocean's Eleven but with magic. I recommended it to my brother, who fancies himself as a novice fantasy author, and he agreed it was an excellent read, as was it's sequel Crooked Kingdom

[Mandy]

Amy wrote: "I'm just finishing my May read too, Vicki! How about you Mandy...did you get all caught up?

If anyone else feels like voting for my July read, I'd be ever grateful! :-))) lol but I know we are on ..."

Well Amy, I have started my June book (just) so though I was ahead at the start of the month I am now behind again! I have lots of library books to read as well, I must stop getting more for a while until I catch up (or just return them and get them out another time but that feels like giving in lol).

[Mandy]

Wow Aug threads already :-) Not even thought about my books yet but will sort out a list over the weekend. Have a good one everyone

[Amber]

Even though Sean and Janet may know this already, Londoners are leaving cards, flowers and jars of marmalade at a statue of Paddington Bear in honor of the recent death of Paddington's creator, Michael Bond.

http://time.com/4839404/michael-bond-...

[Aesaan]

By far Mystic River has won the votes... #excited :)

[Amber]

Already finished one of my July picks. Got it today.

Before anyone says "That was fast even for you," let me say: "What did you expect for a book that's only 32 pages long?" *wink*

Waiting for the other two.

[Amy]

Six of Crows for me! And Sophie that does sound fun! I didn't know what it was about really, just that it got great reviews and I got a hardcover edition on sale. Thanks for voting and the welcome backs. I missed my GR friends for sure.

[Kirsten]

Just finished my July pick, Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin. As my interlibrary loan came in omnibus form, I am also going to read the next two in the series: Black and Blue and The Hanging Garden.

This was the best Rebus I've read so far in the series. (I do wonder just how bad/strong that man's liver is, though!)

[Amber]

I had no idea the chapters in The Silver Pigs were so damn short! Page 26 and chapter 10 I think... .

[Kirsten]

I prefer lots of short chapters, Amber. It's those books without any chapter headings (or really chapters) that get on my nerves.

[Agnieszka]

Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: "I prefer lots of short chapters, Amber. It's those books without any chapter headings (or really chapters) that get on my nerves."

So cool we are on the same page. The short chapters in All the Light We Cannot See made it so much easier for me to get to this book again each time I was stuck!

[Aesaan]

I also agree, I love to atleast finish a chapter or some daily and I am a very slow reader so there's that :)

[Patricia]

I am about half through . Since there was a tie I need to finish it by the 15th so I can read the other book, . Ties can be an encouragement toward reading more. I need all the encouragement I can get.

[Amber]

Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: "I prefer lots of short chapters, Amber. It's those books without any chapter headings (or really chapters) that get on my nerves."

Then James Joyce would probably get on your nerves.

[Vicki Willis]

I started my July read, The Sun Is Also a Star, and read about half while on a plane home from vacation.
It is an easy read with short chapters. It explores some ideas about race which is good. Of course, it is YA so it has all that unrealisticness to it as well. I am enjoying it.

Oh! And I am still reading my May slog, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen. Will not be recommending this to anyone.

[Kirsten]

Vicki wrote: "I started my July read, The Sun Is Also a Star, and read about half while on a plane home from vacation.
It is an easy read with short chapters. It explores some ideas about race w..."

I really like Sun is Also a Star, not as much as her earlier book, Everything, Everything... but it is still very good.

[Dana]

I think I am going to have to skip my July book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America :(

I've been in such a reading slump this year!

[Mandy]

Just about to start my July read (late again) - hope I can catch up but am away for 3 days at the end of the week at a rock festival so won't be getting as much reading done.

[Patricia]

I have finished The House on Primrose Pond. For those who enjoy a good romance and some interesting family issues, I can enthusiastically endorse this one.

I am starting my tie book Caleb.

[Agnieszka]

I replaced (for now) my July book with Ann's book and really loved it. Now I'm looking forward to the beta read of book 2: London Noir :-)

[Amber]

Just started the Sherlock Holmes book yesterday.

[Mandy]

Mandy wrote: "Just about to start my July read (late again) - hope I can catch up but am away for 3 days at the end of the week at a rock festival so won't be getting as much readin..."

Er didn't get to start it as I had a long weekend away at a rock fest. Back now (recovered, sort of) and hope to start it tomorrow v. late.

[Agnieszka]

Mandy wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Just about to start my July read (late again) - hope I can catch up but am away for 3 days at the end of the week at a rock festival so won't be getting ..."

I hope you had fun at the rock festival!

[Mandy]

Agnieszka wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Just about to start my July read (late again) - hope I can catch up but am away for 3 days at the end of the week at a rock festival so won..."

Yes we did, there were 13 of us in tents and vans but it was rather wet! Which did spoil it a bit. We did see some sunshine but not as much as hoped, had a fantastic time though :-) Took a few days to recover lol

[Patricia]

I finally finished my tie book, Caleb, and can definitely recommend it. It is a story of an educated slave from before and during the civil war.

[Mandy]

I might have to put down for a while, I am finding it very slow and a bit tedious. It's told from one persons POV and is taking a long while getting anywhere I am a third of the way through and nothing much has happened. I guess I am used to reading faster paced stories but this is not really grabbing me. According to many reviews the ending is predictable too so not much to look forward to either lol